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Adam Gabbatt

Texas sheriff files criminal case over DeSantis flights to Martha’s Vineyard

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Sherriff Javier Salazar has previously said the migrants were ‘lured under false pretenses’ into travelling to Martha’s Vineyard. Photograph: Ray Ewing/Vineyard Gazette/Reuters

A Texas sheriff’s office has recommended criminal charges over flights that the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, arranged to deport 49 South American migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard, in Massachusetts, last year.

In a statement on Monday, the Bexar county sheriff’s office said it had filed a criminal case with the local district attorney over the flight. The Bexar county sheriff, Javier Salazar, has previously said the migrants were “lured under false pretenses” into traveling to Martha’s Vineyard, a wealthy liberal island.

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